[HTML][HTML] Urban planning and quality of life: A review of pathways linking the built environment to subjective well-being

K Mouratidis - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
In light of the rapid global urbanization, providing a better quality of life in cities is becoming
an increasingly critical issue for urban planning. However, the links between the built …

[HTML][HTML] Nature's contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

SM Labib, MHEM Browning, A Rigolon… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural
measures also have unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing …

[HTML][HTML] Back to nature: Norwegians sustain increased recreational use of urban green space months after the COVID-19 outbreak

ZS Venter, DN Barton, V Gundersen, H Figari… - Landscape and urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
In Oslo, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures during
spring 2020 led to increased use of urban green infrastructure. Whether this has led to more …

Health risk assessment of heavy metal (loid) s in park soils of the largest megacity in China by using Monte Carlo simulation coupled with Positive matrix factorization …

J Huang, Y Wu, J Sun, X Li, X Geng, M Zhao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban Parks are important places for residents to engage in outdoor activities, and whether
heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) in park soils are harmful to human health has aroused people's …

Urban green space use during a time of stress: A case study during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Brisbane, Australia

V Berdejo‐Espinola, AF Suárez‐Castro… - People and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spending time in nature is one potential way to cope with the negative physical and
psychological health impacts from major stressful life events. In 2020, a large fraction of the …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the importance of urban green spaces to the public

T Noszczyk, J Gorzelany, A Kukulska-Kozieł, J Hernik - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Green spaces provide people with countless intangible benefits, particularly important
during crises. Restrictions imposed in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and urban planning: Built environment, health, and well-being in Greek cities before and during the pandemic

K Mouratidis, A Yiannakou - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to dramatic changes in
quality of life, bringing to the forefront of the debate the question of planning and design of …

[HTML][HTML] How COVID-19 reshaped quality of life in cities: A synthesis and implications for urban planning

K Mouratidis - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper synthesizes knowledge on how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
reshaped the relationship between cities and quality of life. The possible impacts of cities on …

Escaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data

Y Lu, J Zhao, X Wu, SM Lo - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
As global communities respond to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
urban residents worldwide have reduced their mobility, which may have incidentally kept …

Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study

G Spano, M D'Este, V Giannico, M Elia… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exposure to public green spaces was shown to be associated with psychological health.
Nonetheless, evidence is lacking on the role of different green features within and/or …